Class Activator

Contains methods to create types of objects locally. This class cannot be inherited.

public static class Activator

Inherited Members: object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

Methods

Creates an instance of the type whose name is specified, using the named assembly.

public static object CreateInstance(string typename)

typename string: The fully qualified name of the type to create an instance of.

Creates an instance of the specified type using that type's parameterless constructor.

public static object CreateInstance(Type type)

Creates an instance of the specified type using the constructor that best matches the specified parameters.

public static object CreateInstance(Type type, params object[] args)

type Type: The type of object to create.
args object[]: An array of arguments that match in number, order, and type the parameters of the constructor to invoke. If args is an empty array or null, the constructor that takes no parameters (the parameterless constructor) is invoked.

Creates an instance of the specified type using the constructor that best matches the specified parameters.

public static object CreateInstance(Type type, Type[] types, params object[] args)

type Type: The type of object to create.
types Type[]: An array of Type objects representing the number, order, and type of the parameters for the desired constructor. If types is an empty array or null, to get constructor that takes no parameters.
args object[]: An array of arguments that match in number, order, and type the parameters of the constructor to invoke. If args is an empty array or null, the constructor that takes no parameters (the parameterless constructor) is invoked.